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Hydraulics & oil

Oil viscosity, hydraulic cylinders, power unit heat and cooler sizing, and hydropneumatic tanks.

Pressure tank sizing

Size a diaphragm pressure tank from pump flow, cut-in and cut-out pressures and the motor’s starts-per-hour limit, with recommended precharge.

Drawdown, precharge, starts/h

Oil viscosity vs temperature

Compute hydraulic and lubricating oil viscosity at any temperature with the ASTM D341 Walther equation and see the ideal range for gear, vane and piston pumps.

ISO VG, Walther, cold start

Hydraulic cylinder

Compute extend and retract force, speeds and stroke times of a hydraulic cylinder, the regenerative circuit gain, the pressure for a load and rod buckling.

Force, speed, buckling

Hydraulic oil cooler sizing

Estimate the heat a hydraulic power unit generates, what the reservoir dissipates and the air-oil (P01) or water-oil cooler size, with the oil warm-up curve.

Heat load, P01, water